CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-6495

Published: Dec 13, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Stack-based buffer overflow in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via large precision padding values in a format string specifier in the format parameter of the doprf function. NOTE: this issue normally does not cross privilege boundaries, except in cases of external introduction of malicious message files, or if it is leveraged with other vulnerabilities such as CVE-2006-6494.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SolarisSun9.0 (including)9.0 (including)
SolarisSun10.0 (including)10.0 (including)
SunosSun5.8 (including)5.8 (including)

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